Bathroom Renovation on a turnkey basis is a complex and painstaking task that involves the creation of a stylish and holistic interior. For example, the aesthetic composition of the bathroom design is completely incompatible with protruding pipes and other details of communication systems. Almost every apartment owner faced this problem and tried to disguise unattractive plumbing structures. There are several effective methods to improve the harmony of the design of the bathroom.
The initial stage of pipe masking
Before starting work, you should carefully check the reliability and quality of all joints and connecting seams, the integrity of the pipes, the strength of the nodes. All rusty or damaged parts of plumbing communications must be replaced, because this can protect against the likelihood of leaks and flooding. It is also important to note that any threaded connections (including fittings that are assembled using keys on a metal-plastic basis) are highly recommended not to be walled up.
Before you start renovating a bathroom, you should also take into account several important criteria, namely:
pipeline route;
pipe diameter in the communication system;
type of walls and the possibility of their gating;
the thickness of the erected partition;
availability of materials for reinforcing the structure, as well as tools for waterproofing.
Ways to mask plumbing communications
Among the most common methods for masking communication systems and pipelines, the following should be noted:
Construction of a drywall box. This technique is considered the most rational, as it allows you to hide the pipeline, as well as sewer drains, in a short period and at an affordable cost. The main advantages of the method are efficiency, ease of installation, high manufacturability. The disadvantage of building drywall partitions was the reduction of potentially usable bathroom space.
Screed. This method is considered perhaps the most uncomplicated, because it allows you to lay the pipeline route as short as possible, leveling the need for wall chasing. However, sometimes the thickness of the screed may simply not be enough, since it is necessary to take into account not only the diameter of the pipes used, but also an additional layer for subsequent leveling of the surface.
Wall masking. The technique involves cutting through the wall through and through for subsequent placement in a niche of pipes and communications. It is important to remember that, according to safety precautions, it is strictly forbidden to ditch panel walls horizontally. Also, the technique is unacceptable for thin brick walls (half a brick thickness), as the risk of cracking and subsequent deformation of the floor increases.
It is highly not recommended to lay a communication system in a rack profile, as the risk of damage to it increases significantly (this rule is also relevant for the hidden method of installing communications). To prevent accidental penetration of a nail into the pipe, photograph the route of the pipeline and record the distance between the wall and the running pipe.
There are also other masking methods using roller shutters, stucco decoration, and mosaics. The choice of the appropriate option depends on the individual preferences of the owners who seek to make Condo Renovation in Toronto qualitatively and aesthetically.